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Votes at a glance: House passes dozens of bills to engrossment, including AI regulation, school safety, and energy measures
Summary
On April 22 the Texas House advanced many bills to engrossment after floor votes. Listed below are the bills recorded on the House floor, their outcome and recorded tallies where given in the transcript.
The Texas House recorded floor action on a large number of bills on April 22. Many measures were approved and sent to engrossment or third reading. Below are the bills recorded on the floor during the session excerpt, each followed by the outcome and recorded vote tally when the roll call was announced on the record.
Votes recorded on the floor (selection from the day's calendar with outcomes as announced in the transcript):
- SB 365 (academic fresh start) — Passed to third reading (voice vote announced as "ayes have it"). - SB 1786 / HB 2110 (higher education cleanup; community colleges) — SB 1786 passed to third reading (voice vote announced as "ayes have it"). - HB 14 (Texas Nuclear Deployment Office) — Passed on final floor action; final roll call tally for passage not specified in transcript excerpt. (See separate story on HB 14.) - HB 43 (Agricultural Finance Authority changes) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 31 ayes, 13 nays. - HB 36 (global positioning monitoring for certain family violence defendants) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 47 ayes, 0 nays. - HB 26 (Medicaid nutrition counseling services) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 38 ayes, 9 nays. - HB 149 (AI regulation) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 137 ayes, 10 nays. - HB 121 (school safety) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 93 ayes, 52 nays. - HB 805 (study of interconnection between Texas grid and Mexico) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 95 ayes, 52 nays. - HB 18 46 (electric truck advisory council) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 95 ayes, 47 nays. - HB 1442 (internet broadcast of open meetings standards) — Passed to engrossment; recorded vote 148 ayes, 0 nays. - HB 117 (public‑school safety-related items—other items on calendar) — Various bills related to school safety and licensing passed with recorded tallies listed in the transcript. - Additional bills passed to engrossment on the floor (transcript records dozens of first‑ and second‑reading items moved and recorded). Examples with recorded tallies included: HB 3700 (fraud prevention at TWC) — 147 ayes, 0 nays; HB 467 (Cedar Creek Hospital District dissolution) — 147 ayes, 0 nays; HB 2701 (RV parks and campgrounds safety standards) — recorded tally 90 ayes, 54 nays. Many more bills were read, amended and passed without extended debate; the clerk read an extensive list of first‑reading referrals at the end of the transcript.
Note: This 'Votes at a glance' is a roundup of floor outcomes recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. Where the transcript provided a roll call count, that number is listed; where the excerpt announced only "the ayes have it" or otherwise did not provide the full roll call, the detailed tally is recorded as "not specified."
